Re: X on laptop going nuts

[Dot Deb <dotdeb@gmail.com>]

I'm sorry but I missed the beginning of this thread,
so I'm not sure to say useful things.

It happened to me that, starting some months ago, the nvidia driver
compeltely freeze
my box: no useful messages, no remote connection, no soft reboot.
Quite deceived, I used the nv driver for months.

But then ... an enlightenment: I READ the documentation and I found that there
is a kernel parameter (NVreg_Mobile) to be set according to the following table:

    0xFFFFFFFF : let the kernel module auto detect the correct value
             1 : Dell laptops
             2 : non-Compal Toshiba laptops
             3 : all other laptops
             4 : Compal Toshiba laptops
             5 : Gateway laptops

(from /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.gz)

I hope this helps.

On 4/29/05, sime <sime@anticd.org> wrote:
> a.list.address@gmail.com wrote:
> > When this happens, can you press Ctrl+Alt+F1/F2/etc and switch to
> > another terminal?
> >
> > Can you press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace and restart X?
> 
> The whole system is unresponsive, doesn't respond to any keyboard commands.
> 
> > Have you checked /var/log/XFree86.log.0?  (might be several)
> 
> I will check it next time it happens.
> 
> >>From where did you install the nVidia drivers?
> 
> Got binaries from nvidia.com
> 
> > When did the problem start happening?
> 
> Honestly I don't know.
> 
> > Have you tried backing up your X config and using either
> > dpkg-reconfigure or apt-get --reinstall on X?
> 
> Trying it now without installing nvidia drivers. I cannot replicate this
> problem as it is intermittent.
> 
> > Have you considered upgrading to a newer kernel?
> 
> Hasn't crossed my mind.
> 
> -sime
> 
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